Great thread SOLIDSNAKE!
I'm a die-hard metal gear solid fan myself. I've played all metal gear and metal gear solid games and they are the best I've ever played (even portable ops on psp really impressed me... it's as good as snake eater!)
And like you, I'm looking forward to playing MGS4 (the reason why I bought the ps3... and Resident Evil 5 of course) So, what do you think bro, will Snake die?
I guess he might... Kojima said MGS4 would answer all questions and that it would conclude the saga. What I sure do not want is the Metal Gear Solid games to last forever. The saga has to end while it is still great and this might mean that Snake may have to die (or at least retire, once and for all
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As for the film, I must say that this projet scares me a lot. I mean, except for Silent Hill, every video game-based film I've seen was crap. I sure don't want that to happen to MGS. I don't know what you guys think, but I reckon that Kojima san would be a great director. His games are constructed as espionage films so it should not be hard for him to do the same thing with a camera and a cast.
As far as Snake is concerned, I think
Christian Bale would be the only actor that would look like Snake enough to play the part. But, still, there's the voice problem... I cannot think of Snake without David Hayter's voice!!
With the benefit of hindsight, the solution would be to make a CG film